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iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus outperforming Professional fashions throughout the opening weekend

Ming-Chi Kuo, TF Worldwide’s Apple analyst, is among the most revered fairness analysts that cowl the tech big. Kuo is believed to have impeccable sources inside the corporate. In a tweet that he posted on Sunday, Kuo wrote, “Cellphone 16 first weekend pre-order evaluation: estimated whole gross sales of about 37 million items; Professional collection demand decrease than anticipated.” However, gross sales of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus had been larger than final yr’s opening pre-order numbers for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.

Kuo’s evaluation of iPhone 16 collection pre-orders confirmed:

  • iPhone 16 Professional Max gross sales down 16% in comparison with final yr.
  • iPhone 16 Professional gross sales down 27% in comparison with final yr.
  • iPhone 16 Plus up 48% in comparison with final yr.
  • iPhone 16 up 10% in comparison with final yr.

One factor that we are able to take away from these figures is that demand this weekend for the non-Professional fashions improved greater than the demand seen for the 16 Professional handsets. The 37 million telephones bought general is down 12.7% from the variety of iPhone 15 fashions bought throughout the opening weekend of pre-orders final yr.

Because of larger manufacturing yields for the Tetraprism periscope digicam, which Apple is including to the iPhone 16 Professional mannequin this yr, the corporate was capable of enhance manufacturing of its top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Professional Max to six million items earlier than launch, a 106% enhance year-over-year. Kuo provides that he believes that Apple might flip to extra aggressive product methods subsequent yr ought to Apple Intelligence not assist enhance iPhone 16 shipments in 2025.

All 4 iPhone 16 fashions, the iPhone 15 Professional, and the iPhone 15 Professional Max have 8GB of RAM which implies that these fashions can help Apple’s AI initiative often known as Apple Intelligence. A few of the new AI options will not be obtainable for the iPhone 15 Professional fashions and the iPhone 16 telephones till October when iOS 18.1 is launched. Some options will not be obtainable till December when iOS 18.2 is dropped. Different options will come subsequent yr. You’ll be able to try the roadmap on this article.

If you wish to expertise Apple Intelligence immediately, those that bought an iPhone 16 mannequin can set up iOS 18.1 beta as soon as they obtain their handset. That is additionally doable for iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max homeowners. Exterior of battery life, putting in the iOS 18.1 Beta on my iPhone 15 Professional Max has not resulted in any points. Simply ensure you again up your telephone first earlier than putting in the Beta.

Earlier than the pre-orders began this previous Friday, Apple had shipped 4.2 million iPhone 16 items, 1.3 million iPhone 16 Plus items, 5.5 million iPhone 16 Professional items, and 6 million iPhone 16 Professional Max items. Due to the decrease variety of pre-orders, supply occasions for the iPhone 16 Professional fashions have been quicker than the supply occasions for the iPhone 15 Professional items final yr.

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